1. LECTURE

For six slides per page format (for printing) click : HERE

For one slide per page format (for viewing on computer) click: HERE

2. VIDEO CLIPS

These video clips, unless otherwise advised, will be shown during lecture.  They are made available here for revision purposes.

Video Clip 1: A promotional film from “Visit Baltimore” featuring the various attractions of the city’s post-industrial “tourist bubble”.

Video Clip 2:  A virtual lap of the Baltimore Grand Prix circuit from 2011.

Video Clip 3:  MDbizMedia (2011) discussion of the plans to extend the Baltimore Convention Center.

Video Clip 4:  South Baltimore CrossFit as an example of the instrumental leisure of Baltimore’s creative class .

Video Clip 5:  A 2012 Al-Jazeera television program titled “Faultlines: Baltimore - Anatomy of a City, focused on the intersection of race, poverty, crime, and incarceration.

Video Clip 6:  WBALTV/NBC Channel 11 (2011) news segment on public response to Baltimore City’s recreation center plan.

Video Clip 7: Trailer for the documentary “The Twelve O’Clock Boys” (2013), which focuses on Baltimores illegal dirt bike subculture.

Video Clip 8:  Baltimore Sun (2013) story focused on the police attempt to crack down on Baltimore’s illegal dirt bike riding in Baltimore city.

3. REQUIRED READINGS

It is expected that you will complete these readings prior to the discussion sections, and that–where appropriate–your engage them within your classroom discussion.

Reading I: Farrey, T. (2009). The greatest city in America: Baltimore, Maryland. In Game on: How the pressure to win at all costs endangers youth sports, and what parentscan do about it (pp. 227-251): ESPN Books.

Reading II: DeMause, N. (2011). Why Do Mayors Love Sports Stadiums? Public subsidies for sports facilities are a great deal for everyone involved—except the public. The Nation, 14-17.

Reading III: Hruby, P. (2013, May 29). Sports Welfare Dies Hard. Sportsonearth.

4. THEMATIC REVIEW QUESTIONS

Given the volume of information provided in the classroom, you are strongly advised not to engage the material solely during lectures.

Rather, you are strongly encouraged to review each theme carefully on your own, following which you should test your knowledge and understanding by answering the Thematic Review Questions which can be accessed HERE.

5. KEY CONCEPTS

America as an Urban Nation

Baltimore as an Exemplar of Contemporary Urbanism

Depopulation, Deindustrialization, Tax Bases, and Budget Reductions

From Industrial to Post-Industrial Baltimore

Managerial Welfare as Compared to Entrpreneurial City Governance

The Relationship Between Neoliberalism and the Entrepreneurial City

The Trickle Down Philosophy of Entrepreneurial City Governance

Consumption (as opposed to production) as the Motor of Urban Economic Growth

The Core Spaces of the Re-Invented Post-Industrial City

The Post-Industrial Tourist Bubble

Baltimore’s Post-Industrial Reinvention as Consumption Space

Sport and the Tourist Bubble

The Role of the Maryland Stadium Authority

The Public Subsidization of Baltimore Teams/Stadia

Urban Redevelopment as an Inter-Urban Competition

The Political Necessity and Benefits of Retaining Major League Sport

The Baltimore Grand Prix as Sporting Spectacle

The Financial Impact of Sport Events/Teams/Stadia on City Economies

The Positive and Negative Arguments for Sport Focused Urban Regeneration

The Helicopter Effect

Privileged Spaces and Populations

Three Neoliberal Baltimores

Public and Market Provision of Physical Activity in the Neoliberal City

Physical Culture and the Renaissance City

Urban Regeneration and the Creative Class

The Participatory/Experiential Culture of the Creative Class

The Creative Class and Physical Culture

Redesigning Downtown Spaces of Commercial Play

Physical Culture and the Suburban City

Privilege Amplification

Privatized Sport/Physical Culture Delivery

The “Safe” Suburban Park

Under-Privileged Spaces and Populations

The Fantasy Neoliberal City

The Reduced City Budget Equation

Social Disparities within the Neoliberal City

Disinvestment and Decline in Public Services and Spaces

Baltimore’s Lingering Social Problems

Deprivation Amplification

Disinvestment and Decline in Physical Activity Services and Spaces

The “Risky” Park

The Neoliberalization of the Baltimore Recreation Center

Baltimore’s Dirt Bike Subculture as Recreation and Protest

Three Baltimore Physical Cultures

6. DISCUSSION QUESTION/TASK #10

This question/task will be discussed in discussion sections on:

Monday, December 1

Wednesday, December 3

Rather than wasting  public funds on subsidizing the privately owned sport teams or events, city governments should re-direct monies to the core issues which effect the quality of life of those they represent: the citizens.  Discuss.

7. ESSAY QUESTION #10 (this is an option for the Module 3 essay)

Critically examine the diverse, position, influence, and experience of sport and physical culture within contemporary Baltimore.

This assignment should be a minimum of 1,500 words (6 double-spaced pages) to answer it comprehensively.

You may find the following academic sources useful in completing this assignment.  You do not have to use these sources, they are simply provided for you as an introduction to the literature, and you should use them where appropriate and/or relevant. Also, be warned, these readings do not count towards the THREE additional academic sources you are expected to use within your essays (however, they may direct you toward additional academic sources you could use).

Andrews, David L., Silk, Michael, & Pitter, Robert. (2008). Physical culture and the polarised American metropolis. In B. Houlihan (Ed.), Sport and society: A student introduction (2nd ed., pp. 284-304). London: Sage.

Banks, M. (2009). Fit and working again? The instrumental leisure of the "creative class". Environment and Planning A, 41, 668-681.

Eckstein, R., & Delaney, K. (2002). New sports stadiums, community self-esteem, and community collective conscience. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 26( 3), 235-247.

EIR. (2006). The Case of Baltimore: Deindustrialization Creates ‘Death Zones’. Executive Intelligence Review, 4-20.

Friedman, M. T., Bustad, J. J., & Andrews, D. L. (2013). Feeding the downtown monster: (Re)developing Baltimore’s ‘‘tourist bubble”. City, Culture and Society.

Harvey, D. (2001). A view from Federal Hill. In Spaces of capital: Towards a critical geography (pp. 128-157). New York: Routledge.

Miles, S. (2012). The neoliberal city and the pro-active complicity of the citizen consumer. Journal of Consumer Culture, 12(2), 216-230.

Schimmel, K. S. (2001). Sport matters: Urban regime theory and urban regeneration in the late-capitalist era. In C. Gratton & I. P. Henry (Eds.), Sport in the city: The role of sport in economic and social regeneration (pp. 259-277). London: Routledge.

Smith, A. (2001). Sporting a new image? Sport-based regeneration strategies as a means of enhancing the image of the city tourist destination. In C. Gratton & I. P. Henry (Eds.), Sport in the city: The role of sport in economic and social regeneration (pp. 127-148). London: Routledge.

If you choose to complete this essay, and in addition to the sources provided on this page, you need to identify and use (either through paraphrasing or direct quotation) interpretations, insights, or information from a MINIMUM OF THREE appropriate academic sources (in addition to those provided for you on this website).

The deadline for submitting your Module 1II Essay is before class on Sunday December 14.  In order to receive feedback from your TA, you can submit a draft version of your essay up to and including Sunday December 10.

Important: The ELMS/Canvas website will not accept essays after the due time and date.

Be sure to review the details on the module essay page.   On that page you will find the EVALUATION CRITERIA for module essays (which you are strongly encouraged to read), you will also find links to the appropriate academic sources you should use when researching and writing your module essays, and the style and format guidelines you need to follow when completing module essays.  All this information needs to be read, understood, and closely followed for you to succeed in this course.